How Ogury Is Navigating The AI AdTech Revolution
CEO Geoffroy Martin: "We are in the middle of two revolutions, one which is purely within ad tech, which is that shift of privacy first and loss of signal on the open internet, which is going to be further accelerated and compounded by the very, very fast rise of AI."
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Cathay's $1B AI fund balances disruption with collaboration between corporates and startups. Meta battles EU regulators over privacy rules. European AI funding surges 61% to €3.04B. Mistral's Le Chat upgrades. France cracks down on biometric surveillance.
Cathay Innovation's $1B Bet On Rewiring Venture Capital For The AI Age
The new fund challenges Silicon Valley's model by focusing on collaboration that connects AI startups directly with corporate giants to transform industries rather than disrupt them in an era where 'everybody has to play.'
#38 Photon-Powered Chips And Desktop Droids
French-founded Arago and Hugging Face are reshaping AI hardware: Arago’s photonic chips promise radical energy savings for data centers, while Hugging Face’s $299 Reachy Mini brings modular, open-source robotics to the desktop.
Photonic Chip Startup Arago Wants to Cut AI's Massive Energy Appetite by 90%
A year-old French company claims its light-powered processors could slash data center power consumption while keeping warehouse robots running all day instead of just one hour.
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French Tech Funding Wire July 25: MagREEsource, Elum Energy, Praysbee & More!
Between July 21 and July 25, a total of 10 companies raised €34.285 million, including: Greenphage, Austral Dx, OnParty, Aircap, DareWin Evolution, Easy Cash, and InBrain Pharma.
🇫🇷 French Tech Wire: Quantum Computing Finds Its Mainstream Moment
Quantum was in the spotlight at VivaTech 2025, with NVIDIA, Quandela, and cybersecurity leaders shaping the agenda. Also in this issue: Electra gets charged up; Swan flies; Aldebaran gets a Chinese lifeline; and MagREEsource attracts €23M for its magnet recycling tech.
Post-Quantum Cybersecurity: Are We Too Early or Too Late?
As quantum computers accelerate toward breaking current encryption, experts reveal most organizations are dangerously behind on preparation for a threat that could be harvesting encrypted data right now.
How Quandela Is Racing To Make Quantum Computing Practical
While quantum computing giants build massive and costly systems, Quandela Co-Founder and COO Valérian Giesz explains why the French startup's photonic approach is more efficient. Quandela has already sold quantum computers to European clients and is partnering with NVIDIA on AI integration.